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Marbled Puffer
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Other fish (coast and sea)

Marbled Puffer

Sphoeroides dorsalis Longley, 1934

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishMarbled Puffer
Dutch—
SpanishBotete jaspeado
Chinese石纹圆鲀
Scientific nameSphoeroides dorsalis Longley, 1934

About this species

Sphoeroides dorsalis, known as the marbled puffer, is a species of pufferfish in the family Tetraodontidae. It is native to the Western Atlantic, where it ranges from North Carolina to Suriname and occurs at a depth of 18 to 100 m (59 to 328 ft). It is a demersal oviparous species found over soft bottoms that reaches 20 cm (7.9 inches) in total length.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
OrderTetraodontiformes
FamilyTetraodontidae
GenusSphoeroides

Related species in Suriname